Body of man who jumped from Walkway is identified

Authorities identified the man who committed suicide from the Walkway Over the Hudson State Park last week as Bernard Pierce, 65, of Poughkeepsie.

State park police and the Dutchess County Sheriff's Office recovered Pierce's body from the Hudson River, near Marist College, Wednesday around 5 p.m., said state Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation spokesman Dan Keefe Thursday.

The Dutchess County Medical Examiner's Office directed that the body be brought to Vassar Brother's Medical Center, he said.

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Body of man who jumped from Walkway is identified

Authorities identified the man who committed suicide from the Walkway Over the Hudson State Park last week as Bernard Pierce, 65, of Poughkeepsie.